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Need to know: Friday, January 26, 2018
Trump’s first-year report card: How’d he do on issues important to evangelicals?
Evangelicals made clear their high expectations for the president they had helped put into office. And for the most part, he delivered.
Florida legislators favor ‘In God We Trust’ motto in schools
The bill calls for each district school board to adopt rules about displaying the motto “in a conspicuous place.”
Pope Francis’ blind spot on sexual abuse
The fundamental problem is that the church has no process for judging bishops that is transparent and has legitimacy with the public, writes RNS columnist Thomas Reese.
Of course the Christian right supports Trump
Conservative evangelicals value the preservation of traditional racial and sexual hierarchies over fuzzier notions of wholesomeness, writes Michelle Goldberg. (Subscription may be required.)
A museum’s fresh take on the whole megillah
The Jewish Museum has undertaken a surgical renovation that makes it feel freer but also less chronological.
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Senate narrowly approves Brownback for religious freedom job
Vice President Mike Pence was the tie-breaking Senate vote on to narrowly approve Sam Brownback as U.S. ambassador for international religious freedom.
Judge: KFC franchisee cannot advertise chicken as halal
A federal judge rules that the owner of eight Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises in Illinois may not advertise that the chicken he sells is halal — even if it is.
Kenyan nuns take over hospitals after protracted battle with American priest
A dispute between nuns and an American priest over two major hospitals for the poor has ended with the nuns — backed by a court order and the police — storming one of the hospitals.
More views from RNS
Brownback deserved more Democratic support
(RNS) — I would not vote for Sam Brownback. I certainly did not vote for the president who nominated him.
But we need to get back to common sense and common decency. Democrats: Sam Brownback is not your enemy.
3 lessons from a pastor up close to the Kentucky school shooting
(RNS) — As a pastor of a church only a couple of hundred yards from the school, the Rev. Richie Clendenen wonders: “What is the role of the faith community in a tragedy such as this?” (COMMENTARY)
How to change hearts on race
(RNS) — Ultimately, doctrines of racial superiority have to be destroyed in the deep places of our souls. But a smartphone can help.
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